No. 23 Ole Miss Women’s Tennis Team Defeats Purdue 5-2

January 23, 2018

Photo by Ellen O’Nan/Ole Miss Athletics

Powered by the doubles point, a quick win at No. 6 singles and two of the top three singles matches, the No. 23-ranked Ole Miss women’s tennis team defeated Purdue 5-2 Saturday at the Schwartz Tennis Center to begin the 2018 season.

Sophomore Tereza Janatova missed the fall and has only been back a couple weeks, but she made her presence known, grabbing a 6-2 win at No. 3 doubles with junior Allie Sanford. The No. 22 ranked duo of Natalie Suk and Sabina Machalova won 7-5 at No. 2 doubles to clinch the point.

In singles, the Rebels captured four first sets. Janatova gained a quick 6-1, 6-2 win against Purdue’s Zala Dovnik at No. 6 to make it 2-0 Rebels.

Machalova lost to Ena Babic 6-3, 6-4 at No. 3 singles, but the Rebels picked up straight set wins from seniors Arianne Hartono (6-2, 6-4) and Suk (6-4, 6-0) to close out the Boilermakers.

After Purdue claimed the match t No. 4 singles, Tea Jandric won the final point for the Rebels 6-1, 7-5 at No. 5 singles.

Quick Hits • Ole Miss begins the 2018 season 1-0 • The Rebels are now 2-0 all-time against Purdue • Natalie Suk and Sabina Machalova improved to 11-2 on the year • Arianne Hartono and Alexa Bortles moved to 10-5 overall • Ole Miss begins the 2018 season 1-0 • Hartono notched her 10th win of the year

Courtside with Head Coach Mark Beyers “Solid win over a power 5 conference team on the road to start the season. Purdue is definitely a much-improved team. We still lots of room for improvement, but always good to start the season 1-0.”

Next Up The Rebels will head to Stillwater, Oklahoma next for the ITA Kick-Off Jan. 26-27.

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